Deleuze's theory of multiplicities and the paradigmatic rupture of Oedipus
GUO Rongrong
WANG Pengsheng
Abstract：Freud's classic"wolf man"case serves as the critical entry point through which Deleuze challenges the logic of identity in psychoanalysis and develops his own theory of multiplicities.Freud reduces the wolf man's dream to the Oedipus complex,collapsing the pack of wolves into a singular,unified structure.In contrast,Deleuze reinterprets these very symbols,revealing that the unconscious and the wolf pack are multiplicities composed of forces and intensities,which inhabit the body without organs.By introducing the concept of the rhizome,Deleuze demonstrates how his theory of multiplicities reconfigures the traditional philosophical opposition between the One and the Many,rejecting the psychoanalytic arborescent model of thought rooted in hierarchical binary structures.Consequently,the problem of the One and the Many is transformed into a question of becoming,and through the excavation of desire's generative potential,desire escapes the repressive logic shared by both the Oedipus complex and capitalism.
Keywords：multiplicitywolf manFreudunconsciousrhizomebecoming
Publication Date：2025-09-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-10-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 38-45 )